Agreed on all points.
The spring steel some of the Nepalese blades are forged from are ideal for a hard use blade. Springy, but the “packing”/work hardening of the forging process tempers into a very versatile blade that can hold an equally surprising sharp edge.
Try that with a ground 440C blade... Hehhe...
When you’re running down a trench lopping off ChiCom heads as you go you don’t want the blade of your kukri snapping in two! ;-)